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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Norwegian traveller, author, media professional and public speaker



Gunnar Garfors
Born (1975-05-29) 29 May 1975 (age 49)
Hammerfest, NorwayOccupationTraveller, author, media advisorLanguageNorwegian,
EnglishNationalityNorwegianEducationBachelor of Arts,
Master of ManagementSpouseJacquelyn KunzWebsitegarfors.com

Gunnar Garfors (born 29 May 1975) is a Norwegian traveler, author, media
professional, and public speaker. Garfors was the first person to visit every
country in the world twice, he holds a range of travel world records and has
written several travel books.[1] He has also worked in broadcasting and new
media developments since 2001.[2]


PERSONAL LIFE

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Garfors is the oldest of seven children. He was born in Hammerfest in Northern
Norway but soon moved to Naustdal Municipality on the country's west coast where
he grew up with his mother Ruth Berit Stensletten Garfors, his father Reidar
Magne Garfors and his six siblings. He has also lived in Havøysund, Førde,
Dublin, Falmouth, Copenhagen and Taipei. He now lives in Oslo[3] with his wife,
Jacqui Kunz.[4]

Garfors holds a bachelor's degree (Hons) from Falmouth College of Arts in Great
Britain and a Master of Management degree from the Norwegian School of
Management.[3]


TRAVELS AND WORLD RECORDS

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On 18 June 2012, Garfors and Adrian Butterworth set a Guinness World Record by
being the first people to visit five continents in the same day.[5][6] Garfors,
Øystein Djupvik, and Tay-young Pak set a record in September 2014 by visiting 19
countries in 24 hours.[7] Garfors set another Guinness World Record on 2
February 2018 when he circumnavigated the world via the six inhabited continents
on scheduled aircraft in 56 hours and 56 minutes together with Dutchmen Erik de
Zwart and Ronald Haanstra.[8] On 16 December 2018, he became the first person to
visit all 198 countries (including states recognized by at least 10 UN members)
in the world twice.[1]


WRITING

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Garfors has written several travel books, including Ingenstad which has featured
as a Norwegian bestseller.[9] Garfors wrote a bimonthly travel column in the
Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun from 2013–2015 and occasionally wrote travel
articles for The Guardian.[10][11][12]


BIBLIOGRAPHY

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 * 198: Mi reise til alle verdas land, Samlaget, Norway (2014)
 * Ete fysst, Selja, Norway (2014)
 * 198: How I Ran Out of Countries, self-published, USA (2015)
 * Ingenstad, Skald, Norway (2019)[9]
 * Bortom allfarveg, Skald, Norway (2021)
 * 198: Como eu conheci todos os países do mundo, self-published, Brazil (2021)
 * Bortom allfarveg Vestlandet, Skald, Norway (2022)
 * Omakase, Spartacus, Norway (2022)
 * Ahol csak a madár jár, Cser Kiadó, Hungary (2023)
 * Elsewhere, Broken Sleep Books, UK (2024)


BROADCASTING

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He worked as an advisor for broadcasting and new media at the Norwegian
Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) in Oslo from 2000–2022, was president of IDAG
(the International DMB Advancement Group) from 2010–2021 and sat one year as
vice president of the mobile expert group of the European Broadcasting Union in
2008 and 2009.[13] In 2004, he was director when NRK launched the first test of
live TV to mobile phones.[14]

From 2008 to 2013, Garfors was CEO of Norwegian Mobile TV
Corporation.[15][16][17][18]


REFERENCES

[edit]
 1.  ^ Jump up to: a b Langset, Mona (16 December 2018). "Ny rekord for
     Globetrotter-Gunnar: To ganger i alle verdens land". Verdens Gang.
     Retrieved 7 August 2023.
 2.  ^ Gonsholt Simen V. "I dag er Gunnars livsverk komplett", Dagens
     Næringsliv, Oslo, 10 May 2013.
 3.  ^ Jump up to: a b Garfors, Gunnar. "Gunnar Garfors Biography" Archived 31
     March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, garfors.com, Oslo, 1 January 2013.
 4.  ^ Boyd, Milo (21 December 2023). "Woman who travels to dangerous places
     came face to face with the Taliban". The Mirror. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
 5.  ^ Wong, Hiufu. "How to travel five continents in one day" Archived 4 July
     2012 at the Wayback Machine, CNN, Hong Kong, 29 June 2012.
 6.  ^ Staff writer. "Friends film visit to five continents in one day", BBC,
     Dorset, 2 July 2012.
 7.  ^ Huggler, Justin. "How a Norwegian trio visited most of Europe in 24
     hours", The Telegraph, Berlin, 22 September 2014.
 8.  ^ "Fastest circumnavigation by scheduled flights, visiting six continents
     (team)", Guinness World Records, London, 2 February 2018.
 9.  ^ Jump up to: a b "Broken Sleep Books bags English translation of Garfors'
     Norwegian bestseller Elsewhere", The Bookseller, London, 2023.
 10. ^ Garfors, Gunnar. Mainichi Weekly, pages 8–9. Japan, 19 April 2014
 11. ^ "Step aside Denmark. Norway takes world’s happiest nation crown", The
     Guardian, London, 23 March 2017.
 12. ^ "The Guardian: Gunnar Garfors", Google, Oslo, 3 January 2020.
 13. ^ Doyle James. "Top Gun" Archived 27 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine,
     Mobile TV World, London, 4 October 2012.
 14. ^ Axline, Keith. "Reach out and touch Bono", Wired. USA, 12 February 2005.
 15. ^ Valmot, Odd Richard. "Seks kanaler i lomma i dag", Teknisk Ukeblad, Oslo,
     15 May 2009.
 16. ^ Baugerød Stokke, Ole Petter. "Gir nordmenn tv på do" Archived 28 March
     2014 at the Wayback Machine, Computerworld. Oslo, 10 November 2009.
 17. ^ Børringbo, Klaus. "Klart for mobil-tv i april", Aftenposten. Oslo, 13
     January. 2009.
 18. ^ Weiby, Hans Erik Weiby and Slydal Johansen, Glenn. "Se NRK hvor som helst
     – på mini-tv", Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Oslo, 15 May 2009.


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